1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

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Group 8 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Republic of Ireland, and Romania. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Romania 10 9 1 0 37 4 33 28
2  Republic of Ireland 10 5 3 2 22 8 14 18
3  Lithuania 10 5 2 3 11 8 3 17
4  Macedonia 10 4 1 5 22 18 4 13
5  Iceland 10 2 3 5 11 16 −5 9
6  Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 3 52 −49 0

Results

April 24, 1996
19:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  3–0  Liechtenstein
Milosevski Goal 6'
Babunski Goal 49' (pen.)
Zaharievski Goal 78'		 Report
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

June 1, 1996
19:00 UTC
Iceland  1–1  Macedonia
A. Gudjónsson Goal 63' Report Memedi Goal 60'

August 31, 1996
20:00 UTC+3
Romania  3–0  Lithuania
Moldovan Goal 20'
Petrescu Goal 65'
Gâlcă Goal 77'		 Report
Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

August 31, 1996
18:00 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0–5  Republic of Ireland
Report Townsend Goal 5'
O'Neill Goal 9'
Quinn Goal 12', 61'
Harte Goal 20'

October 5, 1996
18:30 UTC+3
Lithuania  2–0  Iceland
Jankauskas Goal 22' (pen.)
Šlekys Goal 74'		 Report
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marnix Sandra (Belgium)

October 9, 1996
19:00 UTC
Iceland  0–4  Romania
Report D. Munteanu Goal 21'
Hagi Goal 60'
Gh. Popescu Goal 75'
Petrescu Goal 81'

October 9, 1996
19:30 UTC+1
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Macedonia
McAteer Goal 8'
Cascarino Goal 46', 70'		 Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 31,671
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

October 9, 1996
18:30 UTC+3
Lithuania  2–1  Liechtenstein
Jankauskas Goal 43'
Narbekovas Goal 55'		 Report H.Zech Goal 53'
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Xaqani Memmedov (Azerbaijan)

November 9, 1996
13:30 UTC+1
Liechtenstein  1–11  Macedonia
F. Schädler Goal 78' Report Glavevski Goal 8', 12', 60'
Hristov Goal 23'
Stojkovski Goal 30', 43'
T.Micevski Goal 45', 49'
Ćirić Goal 53', 87'
V.Micevski Goal 90'
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

November 10, 1996
15:00 UTC
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Iceland
Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 32,620
Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria)

December 14, 1996
13:00 UTC+1
Macedonia  0–3  Romania
Report Popescu Goal 36', 45', 90' (pen.)
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

March 29, 1997
18:00 UTC+2
Romania  8–0  Liechtenstein
V. Moldovan Goal 10'
Popescu Goal 28', 30', 68', 88'
Hagi Goal 47'
Petrescu Goal 48'
Craioveanu Goal 71'		 Report
Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

April 2, 1997
18:30 UTC+3
Lithuania  0–1  Romania
Report V. Moldovan Goal 73'
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)

April 2, 1997
17:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  3–2  Republic of Ireland
Stojkovski Goal 28', 44' (pen.)
Hristov Goal 59'		 Report McLoughlin Goal 8'
Kelly Goal 78'
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

April 30, 1997
20:00 UTC+3
Romania  1–0  Republic of Ireland
A.Ilie Goal 33' Report
Ghencea, Bucharest
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

April 30, 1997
17:00 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0–2  Lithuania
Report Jankauskas Goal 66'
Ražanauskas Goal 89'

May 21, 1997
19:30 UTC+1
Republic of Ireland  5–0  Liechtenstein
Connolly Goal 28', 34', 41'
Cascarino Goal 61', 80'		 Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 33,200
Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

June 7, 1997
20:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  1–0  Iceland
Hristov Goal 54' Report
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

June 11, 1997
15:00 UTC
Iceland  0–0  Lithuania
Report

August 20, 1997
20:45 UTC+3
Romania  4–2  Macedonia
V. Moldovan Goal 36', 68'
Gâlcă Goal 40'
Dumitrescu Goal 66'		 Report Djokic Goal 52', 90'
Ghencea, Bucureşti
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

August 20, 1997
19:30 UTC+1
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Lithuania
Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 32,620
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

August 20, 1997
17:30 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0-4  Iceland
Report Daníelsson Goal 28'
Gunnarsson Goal 40'
Sg. Jónsson Goal 62'
T. Gudmundsson Goal 63'

September 6, 1997
15:30 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  1–8  Romania
M.Frick Goal 62' Report V. Moldovan Goal 5'
Craioveanu Goal 10', 32'
Doboş Goal 35'
D. Munteanu Goal 43', 45', 67'
Barbu Goal 53'
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)

September 6, 1997
14:00 UTC
Iceland  2–4  Republic of Ireland
B. Gunnarsson Goal 45'
H. Sigurdsson Goal 47'		 Report Connolly Goal 13'
Keane Goal 55', 65'
Kennedy Goal 79'
Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,981
Referee: Ante Kulusic (Croatia)

September 6, 1997
18:30 UTC+3
Lithuania  2–0  Macedonia
Ivanauskas Goal 27'
Preikšaitis Goal 88'		 Report
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

September 10, 1997
19:30 UTC+3
Romania  4–0  Iceland
Hagi Goal 9', 82'
Petrescu Goal 41'
Gâlcă Goal 65'		 Report
Ghencea, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,256
Referee: David Elleray (England)

September 10, 1997
21:00 UTC+3
Lithuania  1–2  Republic of Ireland
Žiukas Goal 51' Report Cascarino Goal 17', 72'
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

October 11, 1997
15:00 UTC+1
Republic of Ireland  1–1  Romania
Cascarino Goal 83' Report Hagi Goal 53'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

October 11, 1997
16:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  1-2  Lithuania
Sakiri Goal 45' Report Buitkus Goal 70', 81'
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

October 11, 1997
14:00 UTC
Iceland  4-0  Liechtenstein
Th. Gudjonsson Goal 58'
T. Gudmundsson Goal 60'
A. Gudjónsson Goal 66'
B. Gudjónsson Goal 73'		 Report
Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 550
Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)

Notes

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External links

  1. ↑ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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